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A view from the secondary market: sought-after U.S. buyout fundsIt’s always instructive to see how specific funds are trading on the private equity secondaries market, to get a sense of how those funds are perceived in the primary world.
MassPRIM hires two for private equityMichael McGirr was previously an investment manager for Bain Capital.
peHUB First ReadThis midweek morning headlines include MassPRIM hiring for PE, Franklin Templeton closing its latest emerging markets fund and five ways to avoid losing money as an angel investor.
- LP scrutiny in Asia tightens
Investors increasingly want to drill down into current and pipeline deals in Asia, according to GPs.
- Retailers take advantage of hot U.S. loan market
Red-hot institutional demand for U.S. leveraged loans has produced a string of aggressive deals for fashion retail companies, including an aggressive buyout financing backing buyout firm Sycamore Partners’s takeover of The Jones Group apparel company, sister service Thomson Reuters Loan Pricing Corp reported.
- KKR retail investing chief has left company -- Reuters
Private equity firm KKR & Co LP's head of retail investing Michael M. Calbert has left the company, it said on Friday.
Consumer sector offers pockets of strengthWith about two-thirds of GDP tied to consumer spending, sponsors and their limited partners can’t ignore the roughly $12 trillion spent by U.S. households each year on consumer goods and services.
- Osage Venture Partners promotes Drahms and hires Phelan as a venture partner
Osage Venture Partners has promoted David Drahms to principal and hired Michael Phelan as a venture partner. Drahms joined Osage Venture Partners in 2005 while Phelan was previously CEO of SevOne.
- On U.S. tax reform, Obama and Republican rival on same page
U.S. President Barack Obama’s call on Tuesday for an end to billions of dollars in tax breaks echoes a 979-page draft reform plan last week from Dave Camp, the top Republican tax writer in the House of Representatives, sister news service Reuters reported.
- Carlyle in $1.93bn buyout of Tyco’s Korea units
Carlyle has agreed to one of Korea’s largest buyouts, beating a flock of global PE bidders.